10-letter words containing r, i, g, d
- grindingly — In a grinding fashion; in a way that grinds.
- grindstone — a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- ground fir — ground pine
- ground ice — anchor ice.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- groundling — a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
- groundside — the part of an airport not used for aircraft takeoffs and landings.
- groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
- grudgingly — displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness: grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent.
- grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
- guarantied — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- guard hair — the long, usually stiff outer hair protecting the underfur in certain animals.
- guard ring — a ring worn tightly in front of another ring to prevent the latter from slipping off the finger.
- guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
- guardrails — Plural form of guardrail.
- guide rail — a track or rail designed to control the movement of an object, as a door or window.
- guide rope — a rope fastened, usually at an angle, to a hoisting or towing line, to guide the object being moved.
- guide word — catchword (def 2).
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- gum digger — a person who digs for fossilized kauri gum in a gum field
- guy friday — a man who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- hard right — You use hard right to describe those members of a right wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- head right — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- head-right — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- heidelberg — a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386.
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- high-grade — of excellent or superior quality.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highbrowed — (of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- ice bridge — a body of ice that forms across the width of a river and is strong enough to bear traffic
- ideamonger — a person who originates and promotes or deals in ideas.
- ideogramic — Alt form ideogrammic.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.